Rare books from The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg

London: W. Pearson, for J. Tonson, 1719-1720. Contemporary 3/4 calf and yellow cloth. Missing all 6 leather spine labels, otherwise a nice clean, attractive set: VG+. 12mo. Illustrated with musical notation throughout.

Philadelphia: National Publishing Co., nd (1879). gilt pictorial green cloth. Hinges cracked, front blank edge worn, light general rubbing and wear: VG-. 8vo. illustrated with wood engravings. Apparent 1st edition

Edinburgh/London.: William Blackwood & Sons., 1884.. Red cloth, dark brown coated endpapers.. Spines sunned, covers partially sunned & lightly soiled, front hinge Vol I very slightly cracked, Vol II binding cracked, but not broken at page 113; spine top of volume 2 lacks 1/2" x 5/16" piece, texts clean: Good+ to VG-.. small 8vo. 1st edition, 1st issue: 1/2 title in each vol. Gold-stamped diamond-shaped front cover ornament. Spines are lettered, in gold, "An/ Old Man's/ Love [line] Trollope" inside of a box, the volume #, and "W. Blackwood & Sons/ EdinB & London". Wolff 6788

[Paris]: Collection Hetzel, nd (1901). Pictorial polychrome red cloth, all edge gilt. /a/es on 1/2 title, weak hinges reglued, else clean tight copy: VG+/no dj. Charnieres faibles re-collees, autrement tres bonne copie.. Large 8vo. Illustrated with 25 black and white illustrations, 6 chromolithographs + 1 black and white map by George Roux. Illustre en noir et blanc avec 6 "grandes chromotypographies" et une carte par George Roux. 1st edition. TEXT IN FRENCH. 1e Edition. TEXTE EN FRANCAIS. Cover shows the steamer "J. Verne" leaving the dock marked "Collection Hetzel." Printed by Gauthier-Villars.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., no date. Side stapled color wrappers. Near Fine. 12mo. Illustrated in color & in black & white.. Jell-O ads and recipes on rear wrapper and last page

Philadelphiae: Impensis W. Poyntell & Soc., 1804. Full Leather. Ex-Library w/ front endpaper bookplate only, back endpaper matter removed, hinges cracked & leather cracked along spine edges, text clean with occasional light foxing: VG (but requires cautious handling). 8vo. Text & Notes in Latin. "Huic editioni accessere Vita Horatii cum Dcerii notis, ejusdem chronologia Horatiana, et praefatio de Satira Romana. In Hac Editione Americana pleraque Londiniensis errata, diligentissime animadverssa, corriguntur.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., no date. Side stapled color wrappers. Tear along staple areas & bottom spine, covers & text clean: VG. 12mo. Illustrated in color & in black & white.. Jell-O ads and recipes on rear wrappers and last page

London: Printed for F. & C. Rivington; Otridge & Son; J. Nichols; J. Sewell etc., 1802. Full leather. Occasional foxing mostly opposite plates, pages 209-10 & 289-90 have 4" closed tears, covers rubbed, bindings sound/tight: VG+. 8vo. Frontispiece, vignette title page + 14 full page engravings. Includes: The Life of Dr. Young by Mr. Herbert Croft

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881. Decorated green cloth with marbled endpapers. An odd-shaped piece cut out of front free endpaper, hinges cracked, spine headers heavily rubbed, light general wear: VG/no dj. 12mo. Mason #310: 1st American edition, later impression(?) with top edges gilt instead of yellow and decorated endpapers. Binding decoration is sunflowers printed in black rather than cherub imbibing seen on some copies. Mason does not establish priority.

NY: A.L. Burt, nd (ca 1890-1910). Pictorial blue cloth. Owner's name on endpaper, light cover rubbing: VG+/no dj. 8vo. Illustrated with 29 full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne & Ernest Griset and 5 original Colored plates. New edition.

Bucyrus, Ohio: Forum Steam Printing House, 1882. brown cloth, bevelled edges. tiny tear in spine, 3 small tears back cover, header partially chewed, else VG. 8vo. numerous black & white illustrations. Howes C270: 1st Edition

Philadelphiae: Impensis Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, et Soc., 1812. Full Leather. Ex-Library w/ bookplate & back endpaper matter removed, covers heavily rubbed in places, hinges cracked & leather cracked along spine edges, text clean with occasional light foxing: VG (but requires cautious handling). 8vo. Text & Notes in Latin. Glossary in Latin & English

Amsterdam: Jaques [sic] Desbordes, 1734. Full contemporary calf rebacked with gilt tooled calf, leather spine label. Owner's name and "le President de Montesquieu" written in pen on title page, very lightly rubbed at cover extremities, small indentation scar on rear cover: a very nice VG+ copy. Small 8mo. Printing and the Mind of Man, p, 117: "... this was immediately recognized as a major work, and it has remained the most popular and widely read of his books." "... neither its style, a masterly succintness, nor its matter ... have lost their value.. 1st edition. 1st issue. Title page in red and black. Le Petit p. 493-4. This copy has neither the mispagination error on pp. 101-104 nor the errata page. It does have all errors on pages 129, 130, 131, & 267. None of these is a cancel sheet. cf Brunet.

Paris: Librairie Universelle de P. Mongie Aine, 1825. Full tree calf, leather spine labels, gilt tooled spines, marbled edges & endpapers. Top of spine of volume 1 chipped, light holes, tears in rear cover of volume 1 near spine joint, some foxing; overall a very nice attractive set. 8vo. First edition. 1e edition. TEXT IN FRENCH. TEXTE EN FRANCAIS.

London: Methuen and Co., nd (1905). Blue cloth. Multiple small bumps on cover tops, top fore corner bumped, spine ends rubbed, small stains on rear cover, pencil notes on endpaper and endpaper verso, endpaper foxing, small catalog clipping pasted to endpaper: VG- to VG/no dj. 8vo. First printing of 1st edition: Mason #388